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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Frank Schulze, Berlin, DE;

Alexander Dobbert, Hannover, DE;

Norbert Krost, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:

II-VI DELAWARE, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/06 (2006.01); G01L 5/16 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/063 (2013.01); G01L 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed techniques compensate for variable forces applied to a brazing head in order to more accurately maintain application of a desired lateral force by a brazing wire, filling wire or tracking finger extending from the brazing head to a component. Orientation of the brazing head is determined relative to gravity and the angle of a movable arm of the brazing head relative to a support body of the brazing head. A lateral force value measured by a lateral force sensor is adjustable based on the determined orientation of the brazing head and the determined angle of the arm relative to the support body in order to provide a corrected or adjusted lateral force value. At least a portion of the brazing head is repositioned relative to the component if the corrected lateral force value deviates from a predetermined value.


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